Publishers Weekly / August 05, 2022

Bora Chung’s first work to be translated into English, Cursed Bunny (Algonquin, Dec.), has been dubbed genre bending for its blending of science fiction, magical realism, and horror. But none of these descriptions do justice to this remarkable collection, which was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize. The 10 stories are beyond imagination: breathtaking, wild, crazy, the most original fiction I have ever encountered.

Electric Literature / October 07, 2022

Translated Korean literature in the English-speaking world has seen a remarkable growth in the past couple of years, the rise of which has been propelled by the Smoking Tigers, a small but mighty cohort of nine literary translators working from Korean to English.

Book Riot / October 21, 2022

The mornings are crisp. The days are shorter. Tomatoes and peaches have been replaced by apples and pumpkins at the farmer’s market. And the fall books are here! Autumn is always a busy time of year for books, with publishers releasing their big titles in the hope of capturing the interest of readers shopping for the holidays or looking to curl up with a blanket and a good book as the temperatures drop. 

The Spinoff / October 21, 2022

The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington.

Framtida / October 25, 2022

– Eg hadde hatt ein idé ei stund om ein skapning som likar å ete forferdelege folk på same måte som ein ostekjennar elskar å ete dei ostane som stinkar mest, fortel forfattar Jack Meggitt-Phillips på e-post til Framtida.no.

The Bookseller / November 09, 2022

Indie publisher Honford Star has secured two new books by author-translator duo Bora Chung and Anton Hur, whose previous collaboration Cursed Bunny (Honford Star) was shortlisted for the Booker International Prize and won a PEN/Heim award. 

SF Chronicle Datebook / November 30, 2022

Books have taken me on thousands of journeys, and books in translation can take us even further afield. The three books reviewed here — a collection of short stories and two novels — offer three very different reading experiences, yet each provides the extreme pleasure of being present in an unfamiliar world. Their distinctive imagery, language and perspectives will linger in a reader’s mind like memorable travel experiences.

The New York Times / December 01, 2022

A newly translated novel by Marguerite Duras, a book on exotic sea creatures and what we share with them, the letters of John le Carré: December brings books for readers of all tastes.

Los Angeles Times / December 09, 2022

Over the last couple of decades, literary fiction has increasingly unhinged its jaws to gulp down genre fiction, creating new, lumpy hybrids — Stephen Graham Jones’ bloodily stitched together literary slashers; Susanna Clarke’s magic potion of epic fantasy and realism; Kate Atkinson’s sliding doors of historical fiction and time travel.

Electric Literature / December 21, 2022

Translated from Korean by Anton Hur, this genre-defying collection by Bora Chung blurs the lines between magical realism, horror, and science fiction.